Part II Amendment of other enactments

17 Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992.

1

Section 1 of the M1Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (sequestration) shall have effect subject to the following amendments.

2

In subsection (1) after the word “shall” (where it first appears) there shall be inserted the words “ , subject to subsection (1A) below, ”.

3

After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

1A

In the case of a benefice in respect of which a team ministry is established, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if for the words “rural dean” there were substituted the words “ministers in the team ministry”:

Provided that the bishop of the diocese concerned, if he considers that any of the ministers in the team ministry should not be a sequestrator of the benefice, may direct accordingly.

1B

In subsection (1A) above “minister” in relation to a team ministry means a person—

a

who is a vicar in the team ministry; or

b

to whom a special responsibility for pastoral care in respect of a part of the benefice has been assigned under section 20(8A) of the Pastoral Measure 1983, that part of the benefice not being a part in respect of which a special cure of souls has been assigned to a vicar in the team ministry by a scheme under that Measure or by his licence from the bishop.